Billiard-cue.



ITO-846,166. I PATENTED MAR.5,1907.

w. H. THOMAS.

BILLIARD CUE. APPLIOATION FILED OOT.18. 1906.

- I I OI WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS, OF ERMELO, TRANSVAAL.

BILLlARD-CUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed October 16, 1906. Serial No. 339,233.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of Ermelo, Transvaal, have invented certain newand useful Improvements Relating to Billiard Cues, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to billiard-cues and to means for fixing the tipson the ends thereof.

The objects of the present invention are to provide means whereby thetips may by fixed on the ends of the cues with increased facility andgreater permanency; also to obviate the splitting of the ends of thecues on which the tips are fixed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows toan en larged scale a portion of a billiard-cue and my improved means offixing the tip thereon. The view is a part sectional elevation.

In the drawing, 1 represents that end of the billiard-cue on which thetip is usually directly fixed. The end of the cue 1 is slightly reducedin diameter and has fitted over it and fixed to it what'I may term thetip-holder 2. The holder 2 is recessed or made cupshape to receive theend of the cue 1, as indicated at 3, and the external diameter of theend of the holder 2 is the same as the external diameter of the end ofthe one 1, so that a smooth joint is made between them. In the recess 3in the holder 2 and between it and the end of the one 1 is placed adiaphragm or walsher 4, of rubber or other resilient materia The holder2, which may be made of metal, vulcanite, celluloid, or any othersuitable material, is fixed on the end of the cue 1 by means of a screw5, which, as shown, screws for a suitable distance into the holder 2 andalso into the end of the cue 1. When the holder 2 is screwed down intoposition on the end of the one 1, the rubber diaphragm or washer 4 ispreferably placed in compression, so that it serves to absorb theconcussion resulting from the impacts of the one with the balls or fromany other cause.

By making the holder 2 cup shape and inl serti'ng the rubber diaphragm 4the liability of the cue to split is minimized if not entirelyeliminated.

The holder 2 may be of the configuration shown or of any other desiredshape.

The other end of the holder 2, in which the tip 6 (which as at presentmay be made of leather or any other suitable material) is secured, isrecessed or made cup shape, as indicated at 7, and provided with aninternal thread. In the bottom of the recess 7, between the holder 2 andthe tip 6, is placed a diaphragm or washer 8, of rubber or othersuitable resilient material. The end of the tip 6 is reduced in diameterand is screwed into the internally-threaded hole 7 in the holder 2. Theexternal diameter of the end of the holder 2 is the same as the externaldiameter of the tip 6, so that a smooth joint is made between them. Whenthe tip 6is screwed home, the rubber or otherresilient diaphragm 8isplaced slightly in compression, so that it also serves to absorb theconcussion resulting from the tip striking the billiardballs orotherwise.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent,is

In a billiard-cue and means for fixing a tip thereon, in combination, acue reduced in diameter at the end, a holder made cup shape at one endto fit the reduced portion of the cue, a screw screwed into the end ofthe cue and into the end of the holder for connecting the latter to theformer, a resilient diaphragm fitted into the end of the holder next theend of the cue, the other end of the holder being made cup shape andformed with an internal thread, a tip reduced in diameter screwing intothe end of the holder, and a resilient diaphragm fitted in the recess inthe holder next the end of the tip, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS. VVitnesse's:

CHAS. OVENDALE, R. OVENDALE.

